The posters were inspired by Western European examples, and their development and production in the United States harnessed the prodigious skills ... View the full finding aid to the WWI and WWII ...

This WWI era poster illustrates US Marines firing artillery from a ship in the frenzy of battle to encourage people to enlist at a New York City recruiting office. Published around 1917 ...

Another purpose of propaganda posters in WWI was to raise morale at home, regardless of the realities at the front. Here Wilhelm and Franz Joseph, the emperor of Austria, are sent scurrying for ...

While cleaning out the basement of an old home he’d recently purchased, a man from San Francisco discovered a stash of strange and colorful posters announcing the “Great Mexican War.” ...

The government needed to recruit lots of soldiers and wanted people to support them. Posters were printed that made the army look exciting. Other posters told men it was their duty to join ...

The posters were inspired by Western European examples, and their development and production in the United States harnessed the prodigious skills ... View the full finding aid to the WWI and WWII ...